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Like its predecessor, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE compiles incredibly handy made up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as:
THE PAST (because there is always more)
THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left to discuss)
THE METHOD BY WHICH WE "ELECT" OUR PRESIDENTS (as this will be happening soon)
THE STRANGE OKAPI (an actual animal) GAMBLING: THE SPORT OF THE ASTHMATIC MAN (includes hermit crab racing)
HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (hint: go on television)
PLUS: 700 MOLE-MAN NAMES (and their occupations)

Yes. HODGMAN MAY HAVE BEEN BRIEFLY ABSENT FROM YOUR LIFE, but with this volume he is ready to pick up exactly where THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE left off specifically AT PAGE 237.]]> 13982 3.85 3434 746 2008 4 0 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:49:36 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 14:02:47 -0800 2009 1
The second volume of John Hodgman's compendium of complete world knowledge is much the same as the first. As it turns out, this is a very good thing, as The Areas of My Expertise was surely the greatest work detailing both the...more...]]>